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1978-79 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 20-8 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lute Olson

PS/G: 77.4 (86th of 262)

PA/G: 66.5 (40th of 262)

SRS: 17.60 (5th of 256)

SOS: 7.79 (13th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast Second Round (74-72) versus #5 Toledo

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ronnie Lester	JR	G	6-2	18.7 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 5.3 Ast
Bill Mayfield	SR	F	6-7	12.9 Pts, 8.4 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Kevin Boyle	FR	F	6-6	11.9 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Tom Norman	SR	G	6-2	7.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Dick Peth	SR	G	6-2	6.7 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Steve Krafcisin	SO	C	6-10	7.2 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Steve Waite	SO	C	6-11	6.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Vince Brookins	SO	F	6-6	3.8 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Kenny Arnold	FR	G	6-2	2.6 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Kirk Speraw	SR	G	6-0	2.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Mike Henry	SO	F	6-9	1.5 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Greg Boyle	SO	G	6-2	3.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		29.8	62.9	.474	17.9	24.4	.733	39.5	15.1				21.0	77.4
Opponent	28		26.4	59.7	.443	13.7	20.4	.672	40.0	12.7				22.5	66.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														72.9
Opponent	18														64.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		834	1760	.474	500	682	.733	1106	422				589	2168
Opponent	28		740	1672	.443	383	570	.672	1121	356				630	1863

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1312
Opponent	18														1156

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ronnie Lester	28	6.9	14.3	.484	4.9	5.8	.845	2.3	5.3	2.5	18.7
2	Bill Mayfield	28	5.3	10.7	.493	2.3	3.8	.613	8.4	1.4	3.3	12.9
3	Kevin Boyle	28	4.7	10.3	.453	2.6	3.4	.750	6.6	1.6	2.2	11.9
4	Tom Norman	28	3.1	6.4	.480	1.6	1.9	.830	1.3	1.6	2.3	7.7
5	Steve Krafcisin	26	2.7	5.6	.479	1.8	2.7	.648	5.6	1.0	3.0	7.2
6	Dick Peth	28	2.1	4.5	.472	2.4	2.9	.840	2.2	2.3	2.7	6.7
7	Steve Waite	28	2.6	4.9	.522	1.3	2.0	.632	4.6	0.5	2.8	6.4
8	Vince Brookins	18	1.6	4.2	.382	0.6	0.9	.647	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.8
9	Greg Boyle	3	1.0	2.0	.500	1.3	1.7	.800	1.3	1.0	0.3	3.3
10	Kenny Arnold	19	1.2	3.0	.386	0.3	0.8	.375	1.1	0.9	0.5	2.6
11	Kirk Speraw	14	0.6	1.4	.474	0.8	0.9	.917	0.6	0.3	0.4	2.1
12	Mike Henry	14	0.7	1.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	1.5	0.1	1.1	1.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ronnie Lester	28	194	401	.484	136	161	.845	63	147	71	524
2	Bill Mayfield	28	148	300	.493	65	106	.613	236	38	91	361
3	Kevin Boyle	28	131	289	.453	72	96	.750	186	45	61	334
4	Tom Norman	28	86	179	.480	44	53	.830	36	46	63	216
5	Dick Peth	28	60	127	.472	68	81	.840	61	65	75	188
6	Steve Krafcisin	26	70	146	.479	46	71	.648	146	25	79	186
7	Steve Waite	28	72	138	.522	36	57	.632	128	15	78	180
8	Vince Brookins	18	29	76	.382	11	17	.647	49	15	39	69
9	Kenny Arnold	19	22	57	.386	6	16	.375	21	17	10	50
10	Kirk Speraw	14	9	19	.474	11	12	.917	8	4	6	29
11	Mike Henry	14	10	22	.455	1	7	.143	21	2	15	21
12	Greg Boyle	3	3	6	.500	4	5	.800	4	3	1	10
	School Totals	28	834	1760	.474	500	682	.733	1106	422	589	2168

1978-79 Iowa (Men's) Season